News / Alliances sinking – EC says CBER 'no longer fit for purpose' and won't renew it

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10/10/2023

2024 increasingly looks like a watershed year for container shipping after the European Commission today announced it won’t renew the sector’s exemption to operating shipping alliances when current legislation expires on 25 April.

The Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) was introduced in 2009, after the EC ...

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